shriek
noun
a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
shriekingly
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a word derived from
shriek.
Example Sentences
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Don’t get me wrong, “Party Down” is still shriekingly funny.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Everyone is shriekingly upset, but Mimi seems close to nuclear meltdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2019
It does that, too, as well as solving all manner of other shriekingly mundane non-problems around the house.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 2016
He laughs — shriekingly so — at all of his own jokes.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2016
“But it is so shriekingly bad!” returned the afflicted youth, with increasing petulance.
From Red Rooney The Last of the Crew by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
